Telegram-herald., 1887-07-18


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esetners a. Ease. us fstagF uxea 70
e. gr9naI ~ fae1Ia tJskns for soEae
Z .1x. he woua srfen set up freRl oRe
lfeEl. wllloaf sHy -eSrllag reason. and
r. 50 auatesx Fog 10, sles then be sosti4
ta1e hls cane Eua staFt eut aud some one
Wouia say fashef. where are you
xossk, al4d be would answer. Il doa {
kIsss exactly where I em going Al
Vays lookiEg "a s0ines king. though bs
Was a te1ser aeaYeet ptan. l never saw
bln ery b0t oace. and that WAS az the
b1Fls. Il aly mother After sixty years
living toyefker 4 Vas hsta 70 part. And
there are ased people to-day who are feel
Ilg just such q pang as that. | want 10
tel them there i perfect enehaut-
ment IA the promises Of this Cos
pei; and come 20 them and
oieT them Ely arm 0r ! take their arTn
and | bring them 10 this Gospel Sit
down, father or mother SIT down. See II
there = so thing a. the well for You.
Come, David the Psaimist, have yen any
thing encouraging 20 offer themy YES"
says the Psalmist. They shall bring
forih fruit ia old age. they shall he FAT
and Gour hiag, - show that the Lord is
uri ght, he IS my rock, and there is En
unTisLtfousness IA me Come, Isaiah,
have you anything 10 say oCt OF your
prophecies f0g theso aged people' yes"
says Issiah Down ~ oil age, am with
thee, AMI 20 h0ely hairs viii | carry
tnes." Well II tie Lord is eoing
70 carry you, you ought not Ia
worry much about your falling eyesight
aDd faii.ng limbs. You fgf lttlc worried
FOR fear soue time you viii come 20 want
- yous Your children and grardchildlcn
sometiIEcs sreak little sharp al yoE be
cause OF youv ailments. The Lord wiz
not speak sharp. DO you think yoa viii
come To w..aL y no so yOu. think the
Lord ios Are lis granaries enlptys Viii
ne feed the raven. ana the rabbit, and the
Ion in the desert. an1 forget your Why,
n2tursligfs tell as that the porpoise vih
not fogsake i.s wounded and sick mate.
And Go yen spTgOse the Lord OF heaven
and carts has ntt rs rturh sympathy as
the fish ot the sf.,s Du; yoa say: - an
20 near w0ln ogIt, sad cn OF 20 use L.
Gcd any more think the LORD know
whether you s-e Of any moro use or not.
Il you were Il no more use ne would baVe
taken yol before this DO you thinl. Coz,
hns forgotten you because lie hss take.
care cf. you seventy OF eighty yearsf Hc
thinks mo-c u yoa today than he cvci
did, becaus, you think more OF him. Mey
the God of -Nogniaui. and Isaec. ard
Jacob, and Paul thc aged, be yoGr Gol
forever,
But gather al the promises today in
group. and ] ask tie shepherds TO drive
their focks OF lambs and sheep up 70 the
sparkling supply "BeEeld. happy is the
man whom God correcteth. - Though
be Canso grief, yet VIII he have coInpes-
sion "AIsay are the an l.c;ions OF the
righteous. but The Lord delivcreth him on
of them al. - Weeping may endure for
a night, but joy eo.neth "a Tho morning.
[ an determined ,his morning thai noone
shall 90 oas of<tkt5 L0usa uuconlforted
lonGer IS uia.l ead slE:ai,ing sosi who
seems 10 hide away from the consolationa
I ara uttcrinS, Ss T. child with n sore haud
hides away from the physician lest he
touch TIC wOrud too rou-hiy. and the
mother has TO so ard compel the little
patient TO come ont and ere the physician
So l come 10 your tinid Eiid ssrfnkihg
soul today ard compel you 70 como ont In
tho presence % tkc Divine Physician. Ec
wll not hurt vog. lie has been healing
wounds for r1ery years. aad he viii give
you gentle and CIsnipotcnt mcGicameni
But people, whon thcy have trouble,
20 snywhcro rather thaa to God
ncQrncy took opium to get rid
OF his troubles Charles Lamb
took to punch Theodore Hook to some
thing stronger Edwin Forrest took to
theatrical dissipation. And men hive run
oil around the earth, hoping in the
quick transit TO get away from their mis-
fortunes. IL has been n dead failure.
There IS only orc well that can slake the
thirst of an afflicted spirit, and that is the
deep and inc-hGustiblc well OF the Gospel.
But some one says in the audience:
notwithstanding all you have said THIS
morning | find no alleviation for my
troubles" Well, / am not through yet
| have left the most potent consideration
fcr the last. | an going 70 soothe you
with the thought Of heaven. However
talkGtive we may be, there win come
time when the stoUtest and most emphatic
Interrogation VIII evoke from us 10 an
sweT. As soon IS we have cloeed orr lips
Tor the flnal silence TO power on earth
can hrcck their taciturnify. But where,
Oh Christian. VIII bo your spir.., IN y scene
Of infinite Gladncss. The spri,.y morning
Of heaven waving its blossoms in the
bright cir. VictOrs fresh from battle
showing their scars The rain Of earthly
sorrow struck through with the rniubow
Of eternal Joy. In one e~oup God cnd
angels and the rcdeemcl-Paul ard Silas,
Latimcr and Ridley. Isaiah and jeremiah.
Pavson and John Milton. Gabriel and
Michael, the aToh2ngel Iong line cf
choTistcrs reaching across the hills. Seas
OF Joy dashiug TO tho white beach. Con
querors marching from gate TO gate. You
among them.
Oh. wAHst a great flock of sheep God VIII
gather aroi,ud the celestial well No stone
or the wells mouth while The Shepherd
water the sheep. There Jacob viii rccog-
nfze Rachcl the shcpherglcss. And staad-
inc on cfc side of the wen of eternal rap
turc. your children. and standing on TIE
other side q eternal rapture, your Chris
tian ances try. you wiz be bounded on
ell sides by Joy 50 keen and grand that
no other world hls ever hceu permitted
70 experience It. Cut II that ono deep
wcl of heaven The shepherd viii dip rc-
roion f0r tho bcrcavcd. wealth for the
Door, health for the SICK. rest for tho
weary And then eli the fox 81 tie
Lcrls heep viii lie down in the green
pasture. ard world without end VII
praise thc loui tAat on This summer Sab
bath mCrring We were permitted 70 study
the r. Ct Iac0b and Rachel the shep-
b-r,icss &c the 'Veil Ga Nesopotamia.
STA82EO HIS MfSTRrSQ